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"A Beaumont woman has filed suit against the insurance company she claims delayed her workers' compensation benefits, causing her to experience irreparable nerve damage.<br /><br />Stacy Jo Maxey claims she suffered disabling injuries to her cervical spine, arm and shoulder while working on Nov. 20, 2007.<br /><br />After the incident, Maxey needed cervical surgery, but defendants East Texas Educational Insurance Association and Cas-Claims Administrative Services refused to approve payment for the surgery, according to the complaint filed Oct. 5 in Jefferson County District Court.<br /><br />Unable to pay for the surgery herself, Maxey could not receive the surgery, the suit states.<br /><br />Finally, Maxey's physician, Dr. David W. Wimberley, filed a formal complaint with the Texas Department of Insurance and, subsequently, the defendants approved the surgery in May 2009, the complaint says.<br />Maxey claims she eventually received the triple fusion with bone grafting surgery, but because of the delay in the surgery, she experienced permanent and irreparable nerve damage.<br /><br />\"Plaintiff alleges that she would not have experienced same if the surgery had been approved and performed on a daily basis,\" the suit states.<br /><br />Maxey blames the defendants for refusing to conduct a reasonable investigation before denying her benefits, for refusing to acknowledge that Maxey had sustained a compensable injury, for violating the Texas Insurance Code and for asserting unfounded reasons to deny payment.<br /><br />In addition to the insurance agencies, Maxey names Ann Barron as a defendant, saying she worked for the agencies to delay payment of Barron's claim.<br /><br />In her complaint, Maxey is seeking an unspecified judgment, plus interest, pre- and post-judgment interest, costs and other relief the court deems just.<br /><br />Tommy L. Yeates of Moore Landrey in Beaumont will be representing her.<br /><br />The case has been assigned to Judge Bob Wortham, 58th District Court.<br /><br /><em>Jefferson County District Court case number: A188-534</em>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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